Potential Duplicates

Search for potential issue duplicates using Damerau–Levenshtein algorithm

Usage

Create .github/workflows/potential-duplicates.yml in the default branch:

name: Potential Duplicates
on:
  issues:
    types: [opened, edited]
jobs:
  run:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: wow-actions/potential-duplicates@v1
        with:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          # Issue title filter work with anymatch https://www.npmjs.com/package/anymatch.
          # Any matched issue will stop detection immediately.
          # You can specify multi filters in each line.
          filter: ''
          # Exclude keywords in title before detecting.
          exclude: ''
          # Label to set, when potential duplicates are detected.
          label: potential-duplicate
          # Get issues with state to compare. Supported state: 'all', 'closed', 'open'.
          state: all
          # If similarity is higher than this threshold([0,1]), issue will be marked as duplicate.
          threshold: 0.6
          # Reactions to be add to comment when potential duplicates are detected.
          # Available reactions: "-1", "+1", "confused", "laugh", "heart", "hooray", "rocket", "eyes"
          reactions: 'eyes, confused'
          # Comment to post when potential duplicates are detected.
          comment: >
            Potential duplicates: {{#issues}}
              - [#{{ number }}] {{ title }} ({{ accuracy }}%)
            {{/issues}}

Inputs

Various inputs are defined to let you configure the action:

Note: Workflow command and parameter names are not case-sensitive.

Name	Description	Default
GITHUB_TOKEN	The GitHub token for authentication	N/A
filter	Issue title filter work with anymatch Any matched issue will stop detection immediately You can specify multi filters in each line	''
exclude	Exclude keywords in title before detecting	''
label	Label to set, when potential duplicates are detected	'potential-duplicate'
state	Get issues with state to compare. Supported state: 'all' 'closed' 'open'	'all'
threshold	If similarity is higher than this threshold([0,1]), issue will be marked as duplicate	0.6
reactions	Reactions to be add to comment when potential duplicates are detected Available reactions: "-1", "+1", "confused", "laugh", "heart", "hooray", "rocket", "eyes"
comment	Comment to post when potential duplicates are detected	👇

Available reactions:

content	emoji
+1	👍
-1	👎
laugh	😄
confused	😕
heart	❤️
hooray	🎉
rocket	🚀
eyes	👀

Default comment:

Potential duplicates: {{#issues}}
  - [#{{ number }}] {{ title }} ({{ accuracy }}%)
{{/issues}}

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License